COLORLUST -- SPRING

Do you find yourself mysteriously craving certain colors every time the weather changes, even slightly, ushering in a new season? I do this every year, and it's kind of weird and funny and interesting! I don't know why this happens. It just does. At the turn-of-a-season I find myself wanting to look at, wear, surround myself with certain colors, and every year they tend to be the same ones!

I thought it would be fun to really think about and make a list of these shades. Starting with Spring:

PINK


It's my favorite color (I know, not a cliche or anything!), and I love to wear it year-round, but I prefer the deeper colors like fuschia for colder months and the rose-y lighter pinks when it gets warmer. Pretty much most aspects of my wedding were dominated by different shades of pink. Oy vey.

PALE YELLOW



I'm weird about yellow. I either hate certain shades like taxicab/schoolbus yellow, or adore others, particularly the paler versions from cream to lemon. I now have a few tops in these shades, and I think you can only really wear it in the warmer months.


CHARTREUSE



This is not a flattering color on most skin tones (mine included!), but for some strange reason I love to wear it when it starts to warm up after days of dreary gray weather. I totally get why First Lady Michelle Obama chose to wear a soft, beautiful variation of this shade for the Innauguration. It's so totally Spring ... symbolizing the return of the sun and new beginnings.

TURQUOISE


This array of paint chips shows different shades of this gorgeous color, which is an instant mood-lifter for me!

I think it's because whenever it gets warm, I automatically think of the tropical ocean and tropical lagoons, which I long to return to just like birds long to fly south in the winter:



PERIWINKLE



Okay, why aren't there loads more clothes in this color everywhere? It's flattering, unusual, utterly gorgeous. But I really don't have anything in periwinkle except some earrings. You'd think this would be huge the way turquoise is, but it's nearly impossible for me to find in clothes. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places? I don't know. Just wish there was more of it around. I love the periwinkle flowers (Irises, Hydrangea) that pop up out of the ground every Spring!